Source: BBC News Doctors in India’s West Bengal state are battling to save the remaining victims of toxic alcohol poisoning that has now killed 160 people. A total of 204 people are still being treated in hospital, most of them critically ill. Residents of 12 villages in the South […]
By Shazim Ahmad (Facebook) Hadhrat Ayesha (ra) was the third wife o f the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) and the daughter of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hadhrat Zaynab (ra) (Um Rumaan). She was young when she married the Holy Prophet, but her age was never an issue until it […]
The following is an address given by Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, to the female members (Lajna) of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the occasion of the UK Annual Convention held on 26th July 2008. In earlier times, women were deprived of their rightful status. Even amongst Muslims, who have […]
Police in Bahrain have detained prominent blogger and rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during a protest near the capital Manama, reports say. Security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters trying to block a main road, according to witnesses. The Gulf kingdom’s Shia Muslim majority […]
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi told a TV channel on Thursday night that Anna Hazare will postpone his protests if Parliament session is extended to introduce and get the Lokpal Bill passed. Former Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde, also a member of Team Anna, on Thursday said that it was wrong […]
Source/Credit: The Washington Post MIRWAH, Pakistan — Shazia Shahid, a community health educator, went to the tiny house to speak with the slight young woman about birth control. It was morning, a good time because the woman’s husband was out working. But the woman shrank behind a green veil — […]
Jon Stewart talking about Islamophobia – Enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUcHQmUEICc http://gawker.com/5867902/jon-stewart-on-tlcs-disappointingly-terror+free-all-american-muslim
Source: Chatham Daily News Canvassing to promote harmony A Muslim youth group will visit Chatham this weekend in an effort to promote peace. “Our plan is to visit 3,000 houses, knocking on doors, asking people if they have any questions about Islam to promote religious harmony,” Rizwan Rabbani, national executive-director […]
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times December 2011 Human sexual desire may be insatiable, the more we indulge in it the stronger it grows, until […]
Amir Guatemala Abdul Sattar Khan, Naib Amir USA Imam Daud Hanif and Brother David Gonzalez, met with former president of Guatemala (now currently serving his 3rd term as Mayor of […]
2011 in Europe was marked by Norway’s Utoya massacre, the Dominique Straus-Khan affair, the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi and rumblings of discontent towards Vladimir Putin. Telegraph UK Perhaps the most […]
There are parallels between the search for the ‘God particle’ and the search for God Himself. By Alister McGrath In 1994, Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman came up with a nickname […]
Courtesy: BBC, Gulfnews, The Dailystar and Time Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born JAI Bangla! Jai Bangla!” From the banks of the great Ganges and the broad Brahmaputra, from the emerald rice fields and mustard-colored hills of the countryside, from the countless squares of countless villages came the cry. “Victory […]
Source: CNN ‘I don’t know if it was all worth it’ Emily Trageser, 31, joined the Army in 2000 and deployed to Iraq for the 2003 invasion with the 101st Airborne Division. She returned to the United States in early 2004. I don’t think that the gravity of what we […]
In a personal communication with an Obstetrician, I found that majority of the children in many counties of USA are now born out of wedlock! The fundamental question we must ask ourselves at the beginning of the century is this: What is the purpose of marriage? Is it — given […]
By Carol Morello, The Washington Post The proportion of adults who are married has plunged to record lows as more people decide to live together now and wed later, reflecting decades of evolving attitudes about the role of marriage in society. Just 51 percent of all adults who are 18 […]
By BusinessWeek Correspondent Dar es Salaam. The launch of Tanzania’s first Islamic bank, Amana Bank, last monht is the latest development in Tanzania and East Africa’s emerging Islamic finance industry. With about half the population being Muslims there is a huge potential for Shariah-compliant financial services in Tanzania. The headquarters […]
Blasphemy allegations continue to haunt minorities in Pakistan. Aalmi Majlis Tahafuz Khatm-e-Nabuwat (AMTKN) activists alleged that 16-year-old Sajeel committed blasphemy by making derogatory remarks against the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and […]
By: Meher Usman We’re often told that international relations are not bound by any morality or values, may it be a relationship of friendship or animosity, and they ought to be based on either of the actor’s personal and selfish interest. Amazingly enough, in the same world, we have witnessed […]